Parenting, Inc.
Subtitle: how we are sold on $800 strollers, fetal education, baby sign language, sleeping coaches, toddler couture, and diaper wipe warmers--and what it means for our children
By: Pamela Paul.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780805082494
Subjects: Parenting; Parenthood
Description: A leading social critic goes inside the billion-dollar baby business to expose the marketing and the myths, helping parents determine what$1 (Bs worth their money$1 (Band what$1 (Bs a waste Parenting coaches, ergonomic strollers, music classes, sleep consultants, luxury diaper creams, a never-ending rotation of DVDs that will make a baby smarter, socially adept, and bilingual before age three. Time-strapped, anxious parents hoping to provide the best for their baby are the perfect mark for the $1! @(Bparenting$1
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The mother load; title: Gearing up; title: Target : parents; title: Trouble in toyland; title: Let us edutain you; title: Class time; title: Pampered; title: Outsourcing parenthood; title: Conclusion: the bottom line.